The director of the federal Bureau of Land Management, Bob Abby, personally gave a thumbs up to go ahead with a Nevada “gather” of wild horses.
Archive for December, 2009
BLM Director Abby Defied Judge’s Warning and Pulled Trigger on Roundup
Posted: December 31, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: blm protest, Bob Abby, Bureau of Land Management, burros, colts, Equine Welfare Alliance, Federal government of the United States, foals, gather, Government, Habitat for Horses, horse pictures, Horseback Magazine, horses, Mares, mustangs, Nevada, ponies, roundup, Stallions, Steven Long, The Cloud Foundation, Tom Gorey, United States, United States federal judge, Wyoming
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Equine Welfare Alliance and The Cloud Foundation ask Senator Durbin for Help as Wild Horse Roundup Begins
Posted: December 30, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, burros, Calico Mountain Complex, cloud foundation, Congress, Craig Downer, equines, ginger Kathrens, horse pictures, horses, Lily Tomlin, Makendra Silverman, mustangs, Nevada, R.T. Fitch, Sheryl Crow, United States, wildhorses, wildmustangs
Chicago, IL – December 30, 2009—American wild horse and burro advocates, The Cloud Foundation (TCF) and the Chicago-based Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) are organizing a peaceful gathering today in Chicago. The public will assemble at noon in front of Senator Dick Durbin’s office at 230 South Dearborn in Chicago asking the Senator to help halt the Bureau of [...]
Wild Horse Emergency: Sheryl Crow and Viggo Mortensen’s Cry to STOP the Roundups
Posted: December 30, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Arts, burros, equines, Filmmaking, foals, horses, Mares, Movies, mustangs, ponies, Sheryl Crow, Stallions, the american wild horse.com, United States, Viggo Mortensen, Washington DC, Wild Horses, wildhorses, wildmustangs
Sheryl Crow & Viggo Mortensen take a stand for saving the last few remaining Wild Horses and Burros in America! This PSA/Short film tells the viewer how to take positive action in contacting our elected officials in Washington D.C. helping to create positive change. The Time In Now!
BLM Insinuates Press and Public to be Idiots in Recent Interview
Posted: December 29, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, colts, Equine Welfare Alliance, equines, Executive Branch, foals, Government, Habitat for Horses, Horse, Horseback Magazine, horses, Interior Department, Mares, mustangs, Nevada, ponies, Public land, Stallions, Steven Long, The Cloud Foundation, United States, wildhorses, wildmustangs
Writer/Publisher Steven Long recently interviewed BLM spokesperson Heather Emmons regarding the disgraceful and unlawful actions being undertaken by her agency while conducting a massive winter time, wild horse roundup in Nevada. Out right lies, violation of federal law, bumbling bureaucracy and total disregard for a Federal Judge’s ruling permeate the conversation as the befuddled interviewee attempted to apply logic to an illogical and out of control government agency.
Nevada Begins Wild Horse Roundup; Willie Nelson Cries Foul
Posted: December 29, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Black Rock Range, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, burros, Equine Welfare Alliance, equines, Habitat for Horses, horses, mustangs, Nevada, roundup, San Jose Mercury News, Sheryl Crow, The Cloud Foundation, United States, wildhorses, wildmustangs, Willie Nelson
The big roundup in Nevada has begun. But rather than being fodder for a old-fashioned Western, this one is kicking up a fight. Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management launched its mission to capture 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands across the state.
USA TODAY: Activists decry wild-horse roundups
Posted: December 29, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, burros, Craig Downer, Equine Welfare Alliance, equines, Habitat for Horses, horse pictures, horseabuse, horses, In Defense of Animals, Las Vegas Nevada, mustangs, Nevada, President Obama, round up, San Francisco, Sheryl Crow, The Cloud Foundation, Tom Gorey, United States, wildhorses, wildmustangs, Willie Nelson
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY (Here’s your national coverage – R.T.) Federal officials have begun rounding up at least 2,500 wild horses from Nevada rangeland, triggering protests from animal advocates who say the trapping endangers these symbols of the American West and condemns them to lives in captivity. The protesters are organizing demonstrations around [...]
BLM gives the US Public and Federal Judge the Finger
Posted: December 28, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, Craig Downer, Cruelty to animals, Don Glenn, Equine Welfare Alliance, equines, Government, Habitat for Horses, horses, In Defense of Animals, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, mustangs, National Environmental Policy Act, Nevada, Obama Administration, President Obama, round up, The Cloud Foundation, United States, United States Department of the Interior, wildhorses, wildmustangs
Roundup Began Today Despite Federal Court Advice, Pending Federal Environmental Complaints and Violation of BLM Promise for Public Transparency Public outrage is increasing as the Obama Administration proceeds with a controversial Christmas week roundup of thousands of wild Nevada mustangs despite a federal court’s suggestion last week that the action be postponed. Today, the Interior [...]
